I have posted about both IBM and NEM over this past year when both were yielding 5% or more. They are both relatively safe, large cap stocks and are higher recently and should continue to provide both excellent returns as well as safe dividends. Another stock that has been out of favor  for the last two years is now also offering over a 5% yield and the chart says it is close to being a buy.  Intel (INTC) is sitting right on the 50day mvg. avg. and there is a gap just below between 26.50-27  that represents a great entry point. Hope for some bad news for the company or a market selloff to try and get it on a drop since it is down significantly for the year and maybe tax loss selling will get it there. The company is slowly turning around their recent problems and will be better than fixed income going forward.